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Bugulchanskaya SES

Solar power plant in Bashkortostan, Russia. Approximate location 52.8252, 55.918.

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Bugulchanskaya SES is a 5 MW solar power plant in Bashkortostan, Russia. It is operated by PJSC "Fortum". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 2,127 homes (estimated). It ranks #516 of 545 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 0.2% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).

5MW installed capacity
2,127homes powered (est.)
2015commissioned (~11 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1062027.

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Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by PJSC "Fortum". All plants by this company →

Climate zone & how it works

This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~19°Ctypical warm-season mean
Warm-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby plants

The #45 largest solar power plant of 57 in Russia by capacity.

Russia has 57 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 841 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 52.8252, 55.918 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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